Tell me about your Training

almity1 · 27th April 2007, 02:12

Hello Everyone

In 6-7 weeks I am off for training on the Meg.

At the moment, I am working through the ANDI Meg Manual and Reading Mastering Rebreathers in preparation.

I really do not know what to expect or how hard it is going to be, I will know in time when me and the Trainer start my programme.

Though I do think there will be a lot of arse kicking and headlocks involved.

Now I do NOT want to know what is involved with the Course or what Skills there are, I will do that with the Trainer (Steve) when the time comes up

But what I want to hear and read about is the issues you had with training or issues you had during training.

You know the things that brought the message home. From the serious side, "where you shitted yourself when you realised what you were getting yourself into", to the the funny side "where you really screwed up and the Trainer hasn't let you forget, years after the event".

All of them were learning experiences in their own right.

This is regardless of the unit.

Go for it...

**moley** · 27th April 2007, 07:34

Quote: (Originally Posted by almity1)

Hello Everyone

In 6-7 weeks I am off for training on the Meg.

At the moment, I am working through the ANDI Meg Manual and Reading Mastering Rebreathers in preparation.

I really do not know what to expect or how hard it is going to be, I will know in time when me and the Trainer start my programme.

Though I do think there will be a lot of arse kicking and headlocks involved.

Now I do NOT want to know what is involved with the Course or what Skills there are, I will do that with the Trainer (Steve) when the time comes up

But what I want to hear and read about is the issues you had with training or issues you had during training.

You know the things that brought the message home. From the serious side, "where you shitted yourself when you realised what you were getting yourself into", to the the funny side "where you really screwed up and the Trainer hasn't let you forget, years after the event".

All of them were learning experiences in their own right.

This is regardless of the unit.

Go for it...

So....there I am gently finning around during my Meg training with my instructor and dive buddy... having just dropped our stages to the sea bed and waddled down to recover them I, in my infinite wisdom, decided to give my tank valve on my poseiden xtreme 'a little fiddle'....as you do!!!

Talk about 'boom scenario'!!!.....feckin' hell......this baby went off like a hand grenade scaring the crap out of all three of us and every fish for miles around!!.......My whole world dissapeared in noise and bubbles, and the slapping sound of my sphincter muscles against the 'stained' inside of my semi-dry (nice).

Naturally, bieing a highly accomplished and skilled technical diver with years of rigourous training and the benefit of razor sharpe muscle memory

, and despite the fact that I was spinning like a gyro, I managed in a split second (or was it an hour...hell, I dunno) to close the valve.....mmmmmm, how I laughed.

One seriously foobaared posieden extreme......Ah, well....lesson well learned I guess.....Pre-charge your stage,...ooops, my mistake!!

I thought my instructors thorough debrief of the dive over our 'one pint' ration that evening really summed it up.

''Ian, your a fu**ckin tosser''

Ouch

zeusjurgen2 · 27th April 2007, 08:05

Quote: (Originally Posted by moley)

So....there I am gently finning around during my Meg training with my instructor and dive buddy... having just dropped our stages to the sea bed and waddled down to recover them I, in my infinite wisdom, decided to give my tank valve on my poseiden xtreme 'a little fiddle'....as you do!!!

Talk about 'boom scenario'!!!.....feckin' hell......this baby went off like a hand grenade scaring the crap out of all three of us and every fish for miles around!!.......My whole world dissapeared in noise and bubbles, and the slapping sound of my sphincter muscles against the 'stained' inside of my semi-dry (nice).

Naturally, bieing a highly accomplished and skilled technical diver with years of rigourous training and the benefit of razor sharpe muscle memory

, and despite the fact that I was spinning like a gyro, I managed in a split second (or was it an hour...hell, I dunno) to close the valve.....mmmmmm, how I laughed.

One seriously foobaared posieden extreme......Ah, well....lesson well learned I guess.....Pre-charge your stage,...ooops, my mistake!!

I thought my instructors thorough debrief of the dive over our 'one pint' ration that evening really summed it up.

''Ian, your a fu**ckin tosser''

Ouch

hey just want to learn...done some semi scr..and nitrox..I just love it..I want to learn

Mark Chase · 27th April 2007, 08:17

With me it was buoyancy control, buoyancy control and error buoyancy control. Thats about it. By the end of the course I hated the unit with a Passion and was no longer on speaking terms with Andyp who had talked me into getting one.

However Andyp (who i did the course with) kinked the main scrubber O ring and had a C02 bypass for the whole of the pool session day one. Then did the OH SH#T drill, turning off the 02 as normal as part of the drill and the din connector came loose and free flowed his 02. We had to take the back of his unit underwater and do up the DIN fitting.

About then I decided the back box was a stupid idea.

ATB

Mark Chase

***sadave*** · 27th April 2007, 13:57

Quote: (Originally Posted by almity1)

Now I do NOT want to know what is involved with the Course or what Skills there are, I will do that with the Trainer (Steve) when the time comes up

Well, now you've named your instructor, you may require copious amounts of anal lube...

Seriously though

Go into it with an open mind, expect to learn lots, and know that, just like an open water course, its just a ticket to learn. Doing the course doesn't make you a master of it!

You heading to Perth for the course, or am I flying Steve to Sydney?

Good luck with it mate, and looking forward to hearing about your experiences on the new unit. (btw, did you go electronic or copis?)

Mikel-Deko · 27th April 2007, 14:27

We make a nice skill

We calibrate our Inspi, blow them with O2, trought them from the boat to 20 mtrs, go in apnea for them, flush the loop before breath and come back.

Not very dificult if you do it with the mask on.

Don't worry, just a joke

Just enjoy your course and make as cuestion as you can to your instructor. I think it is the way to learn.

Best

Mikel

Mike · 28th April 2007, 05:07

Baz went: "blah blah blah"
I went: "yeah yeah yeah"
I bounced off the bottom for a few days.
Job done

Mike

almity1 · 28th April 2007, 09:40

Quote: (Originally Posted by sadave)

Well, now you've named your instructor, you may require copious amounts of anal lube...

Seriously though

Go into it with an open mind, expect to learn lots, and know that, just like an open water course, its just a ticket to learn. Doing the course doesn't make you a master of it!

You heading to Perth for the course, or am I flying Steve to Sydney?

Good luck with it mate, and looking forward to hearing about your experiences on the new unit. (btw, did you go electronic or copis?)

Thanks Mate

I am heading to Perth, haven't be there before so looking forward to having a look to see what Perth looks like.

Learning lots now, I expect to learn lots in Training and I expect a lot of hard work, I expect to screw up only to learn from it, and I do expect boot up the arse when I screw up.

I will let you know what happens, there will be a story in there somewhere,

I ended getting the Meg eCCR (APECS, whatever version is out now), I did mull over getting the COPIS for a while as I did with the Classic KISS.

But after did my sums which included the VR3 - HUD set up for the mCCR (similar to what was on the Classic KISS at OzTek, if you saw Kim Smith's Unit, you can get a similar set up for the COPIS), I decided to go for APECS Meg.

27th April 2007, 02:12	#1 (permalink)
almity1 No Viz is BAD Viz Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Evolution Prism Topaz Sport Kiss Optima Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 175	Tell me about your Training Hello Everyone In 6-7 weeks I am off for training on the Meg. At the moment, I am working through the ANDI Meg Manual and Reading Mastering Rebreathers in preparation. I really do not know what to expect or how hard it is going to be, I will know in time when me and the Trainer start my programme. Though I do think there will be a lot of arse kicking and headlocks involved. Now I do NOT want to know what is involved with the Course or what Skills there are, I will do that with the Trainer (Steve) when the time comes up But what I want to hear and read about is the issues you had with training or issues you had during training. You know the things that brought the message home. From the serious side, "where you shitted yourself when you realised what you were getting yourself into", to the the funny side "where you really screwed up and the Trainer hasn't let you forget, years after the event". All of them were learning experiences in their own right. This is regardless of the unit. Go for it... __________________ Cheers almity1 - http://www.almity1.com
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27th April 2007, 07:34	#2 (permalink)
moley Supporting Member Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Megalodon Sport Kiss Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: wiltshire, Uk Posts: 155	Re: Tell me about your Training Quote: (Originally Posted by almity1) Hello Everyone In 6-7 weeks I am off for training on the Meg. At the moment, I am working through the ANDI Meg Manual and Reading Mastering Rebreathers in preparation. I really do not know what to expect or how hard it is going to be, I will know in time when me and the Trainer start my programme. Though I do think there will be a lot of arse kicking and headlocks involved. Now I do NOT want to know what is involved with the Course or what Skills there are, I will do that with the Trainer (Steve) when the time comes up But what I want to hear and read about is the issues you had with training or issues you had during training. You know the things that brought the message home. From the serious side, "where you shitted yourself when you realised what you were getting yourself into", to the the funny side "where you really screwed up and the Trainer hasn't let you forget, years after the event". All of them were learning experiences in their own right. This is regardless of the unit. Go for it... So....there I am gently finning around during my Meg training with my instructor and dive buddy... having just dropped our stages to the sea bed and waddled down to recover them I, in my infinite wisdom, decided to give my tank valve on my poseiden xtreme 'a little fiddle'....as you do!!! Talk about 'boom scenario'!!!.....feckin' hell......this baby went off like a hand grenade scaring the crap out of all three of us and every fish for miles around!!.......My whole world dissapeared in noise and bubbles, and the slapping sound of my sphincter muscles against the 'stained' inside of my semi-dry (nice). Naturally, bieing a highly accomplished and skilled technical diver with years of rigourous training and the benefit of razor sharpe muscle memory, and despite the fact that I was spinning like a gyro, I managed in a split second (or was it an hour...hell, I dunno) to close the valve.....mmmmmm, how I laughed. One seriously foobaared posieden extreme......Ah, well....lesson well learned I guess.....Pre-charge your stage,...ooops, my mistake!! I thought my instructors thorough debrief of the dive over our 'one pint' ration that evening really summed it up. ''Ian, your a fuckin tosser'' Ouch __________________ You think I know nothing.....and I do!!!**
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27th April 2007, 08:05	#3 (permalink)
zeusjurgen2 New Member Current Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: san diego Posts: 4	Re: Tell me about your Training Quote: (Originally Posted by moley) So....there I am gently finning around during my Meg training with my instructor and dive buddy... having just dropped our stages to the sea bed and waddled down to recover them I, in my infinite wisdom, decided to give my tank valve on my poseiden xtreme 'a little fiddle'....as you do!!! Talk about 'boom scenario'!!!.....feckin' hell......this baby went off like a hand grenade scaring the crap out of all three of us and every fish for miles around!!.......My whole world dissapeared in noise and bubbles, and the slapping sound of my sphincter muscles against the 'stained' inside of my semi-dry (nice). Naturally, bieing a highly accomplished and skilled technical diver with years of rigourous training and the benefit of razor sharpe muscle memory, and despite the fact that I was spinning like a gyro, I managed in a split second (or was it an hour...hell, I dunno) to close the valve.....mmmmmm, how I laughed. One seriously foobaared posieden extreme......Ah, well....lesson well learned I guess.....Pre-charge your stage,...ooops, my mistake!! I thought my instructors thorough debrief of the dive over our 'one pint' ration that evening really summed it up. ''Ian, your a fu**ckin tosser'' Ouch hey just want to learn...done some semi scr..and nitrox..I just love it..I want to learn
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27th April 2007, 08:17	#4 (permalink)
Mark Chase RBW Member Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kent Posts: 2,856	Re: Tell me about your Training With me it was buoyancy control, buoyancy control and error buoyancy control. Thats about it. By the end of the course I hated the unit with a Passion and was no longer on speaking terms with Andyp who had talked me into getting one. However Andyp (who i did the course with) kinked the main scrubber O ring and had a C02 bypass for the whole of the pool session day one. Then did the OH SH#T drill, turning off the 02 as normal as part of the drill and the din connector came loose and free flowed his 02. We had to take the back of his unit underwater and do up the DIN fitting. About then I decided the back box was a stupid idea. ATB Mark Chase __________________ See my "Doing It Chasey" video where I'm locked into a padded room, naked, with two ball bearings and within an Hour, I manage to lose one and break the other!!! Kevin Juergensen 16/11/08 [/quote]
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27th April 2007, 13:57	#5 (permalink)
*sadave* Administrator Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Classic Kiss Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Brisbane, Queensland Posts: 1,131	Re: Tell me about your Training Quote: (Originally Posted by almity1) Now I do NOT want to know what is involved with the Course or what Skills there are, I will do that with the Trainer (Steve) when the time comes up Well, now you've named your instructor, you may require copious amounts of anal lube... Seriously though Go into it with an open mind, expect to learn lots, and know that, just like an open water course, its just a ticket to learn. Doing the course doesn't make you a master of it! You heading to Perth for the course, or am I flying Steve to Sydney? Good luck with it mate, and looking forward to hearing about your experiences on the new unit. (btw, did you go electronic or copis?) __________________ Wave!
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27th April 2007, 14:27	#6 (permalink)
Mikel-Deko RBW Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Basque Country -Sp- Posts: 476	Re: Tell me about your Training We make a nice skill We calibrate our Inspi, blow them with O2, trought them from the boat to 20 mtrs, go in apnea for them, flush the loop before breath and come back. Not very dificult if you do it with the mask on. Don't worry, just a joke Just enjoy your course and make as cuestion as you can to your instructor. I think it is the way to learn. Best Mikel __________________ Mikel-Deko Basque Country www.olatu.net "DIR is the nanny state for divers who cannot think on their own" Ron Micjan
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28th April 2007, 05:07	#7 (permalink)
Mike Prism 'prentice Current Rebreather/s: Prism Topaz Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Evolution Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Melbourne Posts: 332	Re: Tell me about your Training Baz went: "blah blah blah" I went: "yeah yeah yeah" I bounced off the bottom for a few days. Job done Mike __________________ Open ....... Closed Mind ........ Loop
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28th April 2007, 09:40	#8 (permalink)
almity1 No Viz is BAD Viz Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Evolution Prism Topaz Sport Kiss Optima Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 175	Re: Tell me about your Training Quote: (Originally Posted by sadave) Well, now you've named your instructor, you may require copious amounts of anal lube... Seriously though Go into it with an open mind, expect to learn lots, and know that, just like an open water course, its just a ticket to learn. Doing the course doesn't make you a master of it! You heading to Perth for the course, or am I flying Steve to Sydney? Good luck with it mate, and looking forward to hearing about your experiences on the new unit. (btw, did you go electronic or copis?) Thanks Mate I am heading to Perth, haven't be there before so looking forward to having a look to see what Perth looks like. Learning lots now, I expect to learn lots in Training and I expect a lot of hard work, I expect to screw up only to learn from it, and I do expect boot up the arse when I screw up. I will let you know what happens, there will be a story in there somewhere, I ended getting the Meg eCCR (APECS, whatever version is out now), I did mull over getting the COPIS for a while as I did with the Classic KISS. But after did my sums which included the VR3 - HUD set up for the mCCR (similar to what was on the Classic KISS at OzTek, if you saw Kim Smith's Unit, you can get a similar set up for the COPIS), I decided to go for APECS Meg. __________________ Cheers almity1 - http://www.almity1.com
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